As space continues its transformation from a peaceful domain to one defined by satellite proliferation, rising tensions and technological advancements, U.S. space leaders are learning how to navigate classification barriers and balance risk with reward while exploring how to best leverage commercial innovations in a constantly evolving environment. ...
SES’ government arm has named telecommunications industry executive Ben Pigsley as senior vice president for defense networks and aerospace and defense sector veteran Jim Hooper as SVP for space initiatives. The appointment of Pigsley and Hooper to the leadership team of SES Government Solutions comes after the parent company closed its $450 milli...
Spencer Hedden, who has almost three decades of combined industry and federal experience, has been named senior vice president of advanced health care solutions at PM Consulting Group. He will oversee PMCG’s efforts to create and implement health services and expand work with government clients including the U.S. Agency for International Devel...
Jason Payne, chief technology officer for Microsoft’s (Nasdaq: MSFT) federal business, said government agencies looking to accelerate information technology modernization while advancing cybersecurity and collaboration and seeking to leverage analytical capabilities should understand the role of cloud technology in such efforts. “There is widesp...
In the U.S. Army’s pursuit of bold, enterprise-wide modernization, the service’s leaders are increasingly focusing on software acquisition reform and looking to industry for help. Department of Defense officials and federal representatives have been vocal in recent years about the Army’s acquisition process, which is widely seen as bureaucrati...
A Government Accountability Office report shows that the federal government spent approximately $637.1 billion on contracts in fiscal year 2021 with defense agencies accounting for about $386.9 billion in FY 2021 contract obligations. Federal spending on contracts in FY 2021 reflects a drop of $54 billion from the previous fiscal year and civilian a...
The United States Space Force has trained an “unblinking eye” on its top pacing challenge and adversary, China, as the U.S. races to maintain space dominance in the increasingly contested and hostile domain, according to Brig. Gen. Gregory Gagnon, the Space Force’s new director of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. In recent years,...
Sigma7, a risk information and services provider backed by Growth Catalyst Partners, has acquired data and software company Intelligence Fusion in a strategy to create an integrated offering meant to help customers worldwide to gain insight into global security threats. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed and Sigma7 plans to combin...
The U.S. Army’s Capability Sets were introduced in 2021 in order to lay out a roadmap for maintaining a modern, technologically advanced service branch that will be prepared for any challenges adversaries could bring their way. The Capability Sets are mission protocols designed to be completed and phased out every two years. This effort began wit...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has secured a potential five-year, $91.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide modifications, maintenance and depot-level support for the AN/AQS-20 sonar mine-hunting system and AN/MHP-20 deploy and retrieve platform. The sole-source, cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price contract has a one-year base per...
